Costa Rica: Report from Limon, Fruit Port. Yellow Fever

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were also disinfected the forecastles of 1 vessel and 164 packages of
effects belonging to crew; also 6 packages of effects of steerage passen-
gers. The 2 emigrants for San Francisco (1 per steamship Mongolia
and 1 per steamship Nippmi Maru) were examined and passed. One
vessel was reinspected, the iMchoiv, for Manila, but I believe she
eventually sailed for Hongkong.
No quarantinable diseases were I'eported from outports.

COSTA RICA.

Report from Limon, fintit fort — Yellow fever.

Acting Assistant Surgeon Goodman reports as follows:
Week ended September 29, 1906. Estimated population, 5,000;
general sanitar}^ condition of this port and the surrounding country
during the week, infected. Another case of yellow fever in Limon
was reported by special letter of September 25. It has gone on to
recovery and no more cases are reported.
Bills of health were issued to the following-named vessels:

Date.

Vessel.

destination. «

Number of

passengers

from this

port.

Number of
passengers
in transit.

Sept. 23

24

Limon

Boston ' 42

NewYork 63

2
111

7

13

26

Hispania

Mobile 1 20

NewYork 1 48

27

27

Dictator . .

New Orleans 20

29

Ellis

do 32

Two bills of health for Panaman ports were vls(5ed.

CDBA.

Reports from Cardenas — Inspection of vessels — Sanitary conditions —
Summary, month of Septemher., 1906 — Mosquitoes.

Acting Assistant Surgeon Ives reports, October 1 and 8, as follows:
Week ended October 6, 1906. Six bills of health issued. One ves-
sel fumigated with sulfur dioxide, 2 per cent, for the purpose of killing
mosquitoes. Five vessels not inspected as they past a port in Cuba
on the way to the U nited States. All members of crews in good health,
and the ships were in good sanitary condition. The city is in fairly
good sanitary condition. No infectious or communicable diseases
reported during the week.

Mmdh of September, 1906.

Vessels inspected and bills of health issued 2

Vessels not inspected and bills of health issued 5

Crew of outgoing vessels inspected 28

Crew of outgoing vessels not inspected 153

Vessels fumigated prior to sailing 2

Immune certificates issued 2

Mosquitoes are plentiful in this province, but no malarial fever or
other disease transmitted by them was reported during the month.
No quarantinable disease was reported. The city is apparently
healthy.